Former NBC News reporter Linda Vester said Tom Brokaw groped her, tried to forcibly kiss her and made inappropriate overtures attempting to have an affair, according to reports published in Variety and the Washington Post. Brokaw denies it. (April 27)
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Tom Brokaw is pictured as receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a White House ceremony in 2014.(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)

Linda Vester, a former NBC correspondent and graduate of Blue Ash's Ursuline Academy, has accused NBC anchor Tom Brokaw of making unwanted advances toward her in the 1990s, according to multiple reports.

In an interview with Variety, Vester said she didn’t report Brokaw’s conduct to the police or NBC human resources because she was scared it would end her career.

"In a series of interviews with Variety conducted over several months, Vester alleged that Brokaw physically tried to force her to kiss him on two separate occasions, groped her in a NBC conference room and showed up at her hotel room uninvited," Variety wrote.

Ursuline Academy President Sharon Redmond said in a statement that Vester graduated from the school in 1983.

"She has been an incredibly engaged alumna, a long time supporter, benefactor, and most importantly, friend of the school. Her successful career has inspired many young Ursuline women," Redmond said. "We love her and we care deeply about her. She and her family are in our thoughts and prayers."

Vester and her husband have set up a scholarship in her name at the school, a schools spokeswoman said. It was first awarded in 2001.

Vester has had a successful career in journalism. According to Newsweek, the 52-year-old speak Arabic and reported from the Middle East and Africa. Newsweek said she covered the First Gulf War and the Rwandan genocide as a war reporter.

"Two friends who Vester told at the time corroborated her story with Variety, and she shared her journal entries from the time period. Brokaw, who has been married to Meredith Auld since 1962, has never before been publicly accused of sexual harassment," Variety said.